Traffic fatalities are not acceptable. Until our state and local governments take responsibility for making our streets safer, this sort of horrific tragedy will continue to happen. Failure to make our streets safer for all road users is unacceptable.

Police said the man was walking across West Shore Road in a painted crosswalk when he was hit by a 2006 Saturn at about 4 p.m. Wednesday. He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital. Police said the driver, an 18-year-old Warwick man, is not likely to face any criminal charges. – WPRI Failure to yield to a pedestrian, anyone, no?

A man who was hit by a car in Warwick earlier this month has died as a result of his injuries. City police said Thursday that Sean P. Eagan died at Rhode Island Hospital on Nov. 13. Eagan, 47, was crossing Warwick Avenue in the area of Scranton Avenue at about 5 p.m. on Nov. 7 when he was struck …